Pterocarpus santalinoides

Pterocarpus santalinoides
	Pterocarpus santalinoides inflorescences, Comoé-Léraba reserve, Burkina Faso
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Dalbergieae
Genus:	Pterocarpus
Species:	P. santalinoides
Binomial name
	Pterocarpus santalinoides; DC.[1]
Synonyms
	[2]; Lingoum esculentum (Schum. & Thonn.) Kuntze; Pterocarpus amazonicus Huber; Pterocarpus esculentus Schum. & Thonn.; Pterocarpus grandis Cowan; Pterocarpus michelii Cowan

Pterocarpus santalinoides is a tree species in the legume family (biology) (Fabaceae); it is locally known as mututi.[2]

It has a remarkable bi-continental distribution, native to tropical western Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo) and also to South America (Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela).[3]

It grows to 9–12 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m in diameter and flaky bark. The leaves are pinnate, 10–20 cm long, with 5–9 leaflets. The flowers are orange-yellow, produced in panicles. The fruit is a pod 3.5–6 cm long, with a wing extending three-quarters around the margin.[4]

Footnotes

"Pterocarpus santalinoides". Actos Database. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
ILDIS (2005)
Prado (1998), ILDIS (2005)
World Agroforestry Centre: Pterocarpus santalinoides

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References

International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Pterocarpus santalinoides. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-NOV-01.
Prado, D. (1998). "Pterocarpus santalinoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T33471A9786333. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33471A9786333.en.
World Agroforestry Centre (WAC) [2008]: AgroForestryTree Database – Pterocarpus santalinoides. Retrieved 2008-NOV-01.

Pterocarpus santalinoides in West African plants – A Photo Guide.

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[1] "Pterocarpus santalinoides". Actos Database. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[ildis2005-2] ILDIS (2005)

[3] Prado (1998), ILDIS (2005)

[wafc-4] World Agroforestry Centre: Pterocarpus santalinoides